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Shaugh Prior Woods SSSI (SX5363)
© Adrian Colston, National Trust
An important ancient woodland site with a rich lichen and moss flora, including some rare and local species. The woodlands cover steep valley slopes around the confluence of the Rivers Meavy and Plym and contain predominantly previously coppiced Pedunculate Oak. There is also Sessile Oak, Ash, Beech, Birch and Alder. The woodland floor is grazed and the flora consists mainly of Bilberry, Bramble, Wood Sorrel, Heath Bedstraw and various grasses with Greater Woodrush along the river banks. Birds include the Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, and Dipper and Grey Wagtail alongside the river banks.
Page updated 27 August 2009
